Nicole Richie attends the Lucky FABB: Fashion and Beauty Blog Conference in Beverly Hills, California in a Givenchy blazer paired with a J Brand t-shirt and pants, Christian Louboutin pumps, and a House of Harlow 1960 necklace.

Oh for god’s sake. WTF with that hair? Her outfit’s OK but, holy crap, what was she thinking?

Anplica Fiore

Yeah – I really like the rest of her look but she needs to NOT go to Kelly Osborn for hair color advice! OUCH

DeebaCee

I actually don’t mind the purple on Kelly, but on Nicole it’s just a big fat NO!!

Carleenml

in my eyes lucky, yes. fabb, no.

DinnerIsServed1972

No. Is Joan Rivers paying her to have purple hair, too?

RussellH88

That hair ruins everything. It’s like a black hole that pulls in my attention, then my eyes, and then my soul.

Beardslee

Powdering one’s hair in the 18th C originated, I believe, in the belief that old age was attractive and desirable. Since that is not the case today, I wonder why this young woman would age herself so deliberately.

3boysful

I think she was maybe trying for lavender hair, but from the front it looks grey and she looks decades older. Doesn’t help that she made her coat from granny’s couch.

Monabel

I read somewhere that it was because the white hair made a piquant contrast with a younger face, and that it flattered the complexion.

That hair seems misguided. It looks like she put on a toning masque and forgot to wash it out.

lunchcoma

Yikes. Kelly Osborne can pull off the purple hair, but it isn’t working on Nicole Richie at all. Doesn’t help that she’s paired it with blazer that’s straight from my grandmother’s closet and a t-shirt that’s straight from my pile of gym clothes.

Sarah

It isn’t working on either of them, if’n you ask me.

Kitten Mittons

You can’t even tell it’s purple from the front. It just looks grey. Bleh.

caroline

This was my issue, too. I think maybe when it’s down and loose it *might* look chic/purposeful, but instead it reads straight-up grandma.

Kitten Mittons

It probably does look completely different down. Still, I don’t know why she’d choose to do that to her hair when Kelly O has been wearing it forever and a day. Not only does it look bad, but it doesn’t even look fresh or interesting.

Jackie Stewart

I couldn’t look at the outfit. I’m too distracted by the hair.

korilian

You know the economy is bad when even rich people can’t afford proffesional dye jobs…

IowaKitten

I need to create a new word to express the ‘extreme hate’ I feel for that hair color. I hate it on Kelly O. and I *insert new hate word* it on Nicole.

If she was going to have an unorthodox hair color, (which I don’t mind at all) I wish she’d have picked a nice blue – even a navy – because those coppery eyes would look great with a contrasting blue to set them off.

Ginger

YES! THIS! A deep blue would be fantastic.

RebeccaKW

Agreed, this shade, especially since it’s not a uniform color, is not her friend.

Zeee

I may be showing my advanced age, but I CANNOT with the lavender hair. CAN. NOT.

Glam Dixie

Grandma Mazur.

@Biting Panda

No.
Love outfit. Hate the hair.

MK03

Nicole, don’t experiment with Manic Panic the night before an appearance.

E2_Remote

My thoughts went straight to Manic Panic too at first. But now that I look more closely, it’s definitely grape Kool-Aid and a whole can of Aqua-net.

formerlyAnon

Which is why I like it. Brings back that whole we-thought-we-were the original cynical romantics period. Songs of Innocence and Experience, eh whut.

The Givenchy blazer is the only thing I hate about the look. If she took it off she would look casually chic.

And is lavender hair a thing now? Is Kelly Osbourne officially a trendsetter? Did she finally make fetch happen?

sienna elm

My thoughts in order…her hair is grey! Why would her hair be grey? Is this a new thing? That’s weird. Wait – is she older than I thought? No – didn’t think so. Ohhhhh…it’s purple. Well that’s just dumb. Wouldn’t the stylist know it reads grey?

Stefanie Argudo Mackenzie

Yikes!

Judy_J

They should rename that hair color “Kelly Osborne Lavender”.

YousmelllikeAnnaWintour

No, don’t name it. Then it won’t go away.

alyce1213

She’s so pretty, she gives good face, her outfits are cool, so why the hair? I don’t get it — it’s not even well colored or styled.

it’s not the color thats bothering me with the hair, it’s the fact that its so dead and crispy looking.

Jessica Freeman

That hair color is the worst. It works for NO one. It’s a shame because I quite like the outfit but am so distracted by her hair you hardly notice it.

Miss wks

Chic lesbian grandma…

pookiesmom

HA!

Nicole

Her hair is icky and she’s wearing her splattered painting jacket.

ScarlettHarlot

I despise that hair color.

marlie

She needs to STOP IT with that hair. It’s awful. One should never look to Kelly Osbourne for hair inspiration. The rest of the outfit is pretty fab, actually, but I HATE that hair.

jw_ny

oh dear…not one of her better choices…

mjmiller77

that hair does NOT make one look fresh and young.. it makes one look much much older – it looks GRAY! wash it out!

Brenna McClellan

Don’t be so boring. Her hair looks really cute. Although I think a richer shade of purple would look better, the lavender washes her out. Celebrities should play with color more.

YousmelllikeAnnaWintour

She looks like Martin Short dressed up as Jack Frost.

bitchybitchybitchy

And Martin Short as Jack Frost would have pulled this off better than Nicole

Morales Mike

What is with 20 somethings so hot to have this horrible grey/purplish hair? Kelly O I’m talking to you too. Ladies, it will happen soon enough and you won’t be so quick to embrace it then.

YousmelllikeAnnaWintour

“Younger than spring time, you’re not…”

holla

only a select few can rock purple hair, and she’s not one of them

JauntyJohn

Overall I like the look – smart and kind of chic — and I am not her biggest fan (in fact, whenever I saw her on any fashion-related anything, portrayed as some kind of “expert” my first reaction was always, “Huh? Why?”)
I like the hair style, it’s the color (as well commented on here) which is hideous. It’s like she lost a bet with the Osbourne girl.
If you want a wacky color, fine. Go for it. But go rich. Go dark. Go strong.

Not this limpid lavender which always looks to me like the color you get after you leave an actual good color out in the sun too long.

KT

Uhhhhh… no. I can barely notice anything other than the hair, but this look is awkward and isn’t very “fabb.”

E.Nelson

Full disclosure: I get my girl to do my hair silver-gray every year because I think gray hair is beautiful (and cool-looking on a young person) – and usually it has a slight lavender tint because of the 9V toner – but the second I get home I wash it a few more times to get as much of that purple out as I can because I HATE someone tilting their head and going “so…were you going for like…blue? Purple?”

I loved Nicole Richie’s hair a lot at the Met Gala’s punk inspired night because it was SILVER. It was gorgeous. This weird wilted lilac color looks kinda half assed – and as much as she bugs me, Kelly Osbourne a) pulls it off better and b) is most likely contractually locked into the Easter egg shade til she drops dead, so if a pastel is what you want, Nicole, how about blue? Pink? Anything but lavender? ANYTHING?

BrooklynBomber

I love her face. That is all.

crash1212

The outfit is cute. What the hell did she do to her hair and why?

MannahattaMamma

she is the tiniest human alive on the planet. and her purple hair makes her look a lot like some small fairy doll a little kid might keep in his pocket

tallgirl1204

Did she lose a bet to Kelly Osbourne?

frannyprof

Did she stick her head in a cement mixer en route to this event?! Why?!

Hilda Elizabeth Westervelt

So tired of this trend of purple/grey hair! Don’t people realize that that particular shade of purple makes skin look dead? I like her outfit, but she looks like a corpse.

bitchybitchybitchy

Is Nicole trying out her future look as a hipster granny?

suzq

What did Christian Siriano do to his hair?

sagecreek

Good God, is she TRYING to look like an admirably aging 54 year old?

formerlyAnon

Ha. I had her pegged as 70-some, with a very good surgeon. (I confess, I like it.)

Slanted & Enchanted

I need that jacket in my life. Actually, I’d say that I need the entire outfit, but I pretty much have everything except the jacket. NEED. NEED DESPERATELY.

If only you could hear me say it with my (only partly put on) heavy New England accent. 🙂

ThaliaMenninger

Gimme another cig, will ya, Madge? I can’t hit the slots without a Virginia Slims and an Old Fashioned.

Constant Reader

LOL! I think we had the same impression at the same time!

ThaliaMenninger

Exactly!

yulaffin

Did she borrow Kelly Osbourne’s haircolor?

Wink

So glad she didn’t wear ALL floral like the model. The jacket alone is plenty.

Nika E

The outfit is so badass. I wont comment on how horrific the hair is.

B_C_J

The whole look is horrific & aging.

Trickytrisha

Worst hair ever? And I’m not talking about just the color. Love the jacket, but she’s scary looking.

sk8tfan

Lady celebs, get the memo-purple hair is not going to happen.

Pennymac

She had a sleep over with Kelly and they did each others hair?

demidaemon

NOPE on the hair. Especially the back. It looks like her brain surgeon was blind when he sewed her back up.

formerlyAnon

All the upvotes for the brain surgeon crack.

demidaemon

🙂

formerlyAnon

We now know what Nicole will look like at 76, if her surgeon is really good.

In no way flattering, but I like it. I like the jolie laide look, whether it’s in the bones or in a vaguely punk-gone-grandma hairstyle.

somebody blonde

Holy shit is that a terrible hair color for her. It makes her look ill. If she had dark hair, this would be a fabulous outfit.

quiltrx

Hair looks terrible, both color (if it were even it might not be so bad) and style (WHAT style??) And have her eyes always been that creepy color?
The jacket is cute but doesn’t seem to go with anything. And I have no problem if she wants to be so thin…but those pants are the wrong shape for someone of her build.

Gatto Nero

The outfit is fine, except for the grey tee, but the jacket is too long on her (see length on the model.
The hair is — why? Why that purple??

GTrain

The hair is hideous. Since Kelly Osbourne’s been rocking it for a couple of years now, is that tone of purple a “thing”? Ugh.

The HAIR!!! I don’t even know what the outfit looked like. All I saw was that hair. It is bad enough on Kelly Osbourne. Why on earth did Nicole Richie think it was a good idea? It is hideous. It hurts my eyes.